Bottle courtesy of rlgk. Pours hazy tiny burnt yellow with a small frothy white head that leaves some stick lacing and trace on the glass while dissipating. Smell is tiny malty, tiny fruity and slightly grassy with crackers, crisp bread, grilled grapefruit, unripe mango, moist grass, pine needles, minerals, orange zest, lemon zest and hints of alcohol. Taste is sweet, bitter, tiny malty and grassy. Mouthfeel is round, very tiny viscous, tiny astringent, very tiny boozy and medium bodied. Finish is sweet and bitter with crackers, bread, grapefruit, moist grass, pine needles, minerals, lemon zest and hints of alcohol and diesel fuel. Very well executed classic IIPA. In no way a fruit bomb but plenty of grass and grilled grapefruit. Nice! --- Beer merged from original tick of Beer Dinner on 12 Sep 2016 at 20:37 - Score: 8. Original review text: Very well executed classic IIPA. In no way a fruit bomb but plenty of grass and grilled grapefruit. Nice!

Bottled July 2015, drunk early August ’15 and again mid-January ’16.
Great appearance, with a moderate haze to the lime-tinted bronze body. Large white head shows strong retention.
It was interesting to try the beer under a month old and then six months old. It may seem ridiculous to even bother noting its character at six months of age, but I’d actually say that with the massive, massive amount of hops, acid/bitterness and yeast character in this thing, it didn’t hurt to keep it (very cold fridged) for a while. Young the stuff is just a plethora of every possible hop characteristics; pineapple, wintergreen, dank marajuana, earthiness, pine, citrus. There is some definite yeast stink to it but the alcohol is fairly well-concealed (though a touch of heat, for sure). In the flavor, it’s quite bitter, though perhaps not anything absurd for a DIPA. Lots of grapefruit, some grassiness, pineapple and tangerine. The carapils and C40 do add some toasted character, but it’s not too much of an interference. Texture shows soft, well-attenuated maltiness and tight carbonation.
In the end, I’d opine it’s probably a bit better to give this thing a month or so to have the yeastiness and strong bitterness some time to fade. Certainly a well-made beer, though aggressive, as MBC hoppy beers are.